Scared parents of a 7 years old with psoriasis

[jiml]

Hello everyone,
I am new here. My seven years old has been diagnosed with psoriasis. The onset was 2 years ago at least, so he was around 5. At first dr thought it was eczema, only in the last year or so that it become scaly. We did not know much about psoriasis when we got the diagnosis, and thought it was just mild skin condition. Only recently a friend of mine mentioned about how surprised she was to know that my son get psoriasis when he is this young and that her husband has psoriasis and it progressed to psoriasis arthritis. Because of that, I decided to  learn more about psoriasis and frankly now we are scared and worried that my son will get psoriasis arthritis and or uveitis. And the facts that there is no cure. Can anybody share with me what the prognosis is like for children who start to have psoriasis this early? Did any of you had the onset during your childhood? Does yours progress to arthritis? If yes, when did it hapen? Do children with psoriasis have higher chance to get psoriasis arthritis as compared to adult with psoriasis? Please share your stroy if you dont mind, especially those of you who had the onset during your childhood or have children with psoriasis.



Thank you so much

Hi vvvvv    to the club, I hope you will get some advice to ease your mind regarding this disease, it is unpleasant and he is very young to have it
I myself got it when I was 17 and have struggled to control it until recently, its not a given that your son will develop psoriatic arthritis ... I'm now 68 and have never had joint problems, so it's not definite he will progress to that...the recent advances have made the disease easier to manage, a good dermatologist will sort him out

I'm not sure what they will do with him being so young, but the good news is there are a lot of treatments to control it
There is a lot of information in here and I'm sure you will soon start to get some advice
Jim